The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-01-29
DIAMOND DRILL CORES.

HfllDff one tNtillHk lllS wick anu III HIS
eager haste To catch him forgot 10 lock
the door OF the office. Having been sue
cessiul in his chase, returned in a few min
utes and found the following paragraph
lying on his desk, evidently penned 10y
some honest and well-meaning person, as
nothing is missing at is great
deal safer TO lock the door when
you leave your Office than TO leave
it open, so that all honest men can
go and come as they please. 1t only
costs turn OF your hand"
The wives OF William Doucet, John
Larson and Mr. Cameron enjoyed a
sleigh ride ON Thursday afternoon andin
consequence the above named gentlemen
cooked their own suppcrs The ladies
started out to visit q lady friend at Ar
seno's camp, four miles distant, but in
some way got on To the wrong road and
brought up at Florence, where they tele-
graphcd their husbands the cause OF their
delay. They returned ON the evening
train.
G. G.. Campbell and Joe. Hans, the Teu-
tonic nimrod, traded guns last Thanks
giving Joe. was 90 give Mr.. Campbell
$500 "to boot" but NJ he did not have
the ready money, gave him his latest nc
quircd fircaim Co hold until lac got the
cash. In the mean time Mr.. Campbell
sold the gun lac got from Joe. and now
Joe wants his old gun back again and
will 60 through all the courts known 10
commerce to get it.
The III. q. VI and c association held
regular meeting at their hall one day
this week, when il was unanimously re-
member OF the association, man must,
first be Of age secondly, prove TO the
satisfaction OF the association that lac has
captured not less than one silk and six
cotton handkerchiefs, one pair OF mittens
and one pair Of gloves since winter set
in.
Not far from Stagcr il town called
Iron River, there lives in this town at
present, one little fellow by the name of
Buckley, who now swears like a trooper
and says that he will have all OF the citi-
zens Of Crystal Falls arrested ON writ
of quo warranto. Better change your
mind, George Let the matter drop and
come Go reside at the county seat
The resources Of Crystal Falls are not
by any means exhausted yet, they are
only in their infancy. In n year or SO
some Of you outsiders will be kicking
yourselves with ~ much vehemence as
the same could be- done by a mule, for
not coming in here and investing your
capital.
Robert Banks, the Iron Mountain
evangelist, is trying mis- best to break up
the saloon business in that town. Ro-
bert IL earnest enough, but will tire out
before long Such things have been tried
too many many times before and have
always failed.
One OF the boys Of the woods is rcspon-
sible for this: "The ice in small lake
near where / am working il sufficiently
strong to bear up the weight Of 2,OO0,-
900 feet OF pine, two tiers deep, and with
out even bringing water TO the surface"
subscriptions 10 THE DIAMOND Dull
are rolling in thick and fast, and il at
any time there should be such rush az
the office door that you can't get in, send
the order 10y mail Only zoo in advance;
six months, S1.00
The Minneapolis Building, Loan and
Protective Union, offers the best induce
ments for small or large investments
Apply for n copy Of their plan and by
laws 90 A. Justified, their authorized
agent
The woods i'm the immediate vicinity
Of town are full Of deer and they are not
a bitscarcy. The writerencountcrcdt two
OF the handsome creatures in the road
less than mile from town, one day this
week
The old-fashioned influenza is holding
matinee in our midst and To Judge by
the number Of throats done upin flannel,
IL is meeting with success.